oh my god ok listen i like developing film as much as the next person. im taking a class in photography and its really fun to be able to do something so completely new to me. i think the process itself is fun. but how the fuck is anyone staying in that god damn room for more than 20 minutes without contracting the worst headaches known to man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i finish up a small portion of my project and for the rest of the day i feel like a sickly orphan boy who just contracted polio and chickenpox localized only to the inside of my brain. its fucking migraine city in that darkroom. the professor mentioned people may have sensitivities to touching the chemicals but she did not even bring up the possibility of headaches which makes me think it just isn't a common problem. nobody else says they get them either.
i know i have sensitivities to smell it came free with my fucking autism but oh my god. i really want to like this class i really do but if i dont down 1000mg of ibuprofen and an iced coffee beforehand i am guaranteed to be stuck in bed for the next day and a half because my brain has decided it doesnt like the fixer. how are people doing this. -_-